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		valarauca1 on July 31, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Seven habits of highly fraudulent users I don't see how this is illegal. Immoral, yes. Against the ToS of a website, yes. Possible grounds for a lawsuit, yes. But illegal? Not unless I'm actually stealing data, making a profit, or accessing areas I shouldn't be.

diminoten on Aug 1, 2014 | [–]

How do you think botnets are formed?

You surely don't believe folks are granted access to all those computers, right?

newaccountfool on Aug 1, 2014 | | [–]

He said Botfarm not Botnet, two different things.

diminoten on Aug 2, 2014 | | | [–]

Bot farm isn't a term.

PeterisP on Aug 1, 2014 | [–]

Malicious != illegal. There are many activities that might be technically legal, but definitely are malicious.

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